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MARK HALPERIN and JOHN HEILEMANN will be paid $1 million a year each, through 2016, to start Bloomberg Politics, per Dylan Byers: “They will … market the site on … ‘Morning Joe,’ where they will continue to make appearances. … [A]ccording to an internal memo from [Justin] Smith and … Matthew Winkler, … Halperin and Heilemann will report … to … Josh Tyrangiel [senior executive editor for consumer products, including Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg TV, and Bloomberg Digital] in New York, not to the Bloomberg News politics team in Washington. … Such a structure could marginalize the Washington bureau leadership … [T]he two men have the backing of chairman Kevin Sheekey, which means Bloomberg will continue to invest heavily in the project.” http://goo.gl/gm0Mhv

DANA PERINO BOOK DEAL -- Release: “Deb Futter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Twelve, announced … the acquisition of AND THE GOOD NEWS IS… by Dana Perino, White House former press secretary and current co-host on Fox News' ‘The Five,’ to be published in May 2015. Editorial Director Sean Desmond acquired world rights from Robert B. Barnett of Williams & Connolly … Perino reveals the lessons that have successfully guided her … including stories from behind the scenes at the White House and ‘The Five.’”

CONDI’S SPEAKING FEE for the Rutgers commencement address she canceled after a sit-in by students: $35,000. http://goo.gl/HIY5Hp

NYT CORRECTION OF THE DAY: “An article on Monday about the political significance of Senator Rand Paul’s spending the day at the Kentucky Derby with his guest, Rupert Murdoch, described incorrectly the jacket Mr. Paul wore. It was herringbone, not houndstooth.” http://goo.gl/s4baAy (h/t Hadas Gold)

DRIVING THE DAY -- CLIMATE REPORT out at 8:30 a.m. – SPOILER ALERT: Global warming is already a costly, dangerous and disruptive force in Americans’ lives.

--“White House pushes climate change efforts” – AFP: “The president will give televised interviews with various meteorologists [including Al Roker] to discuss the findings in the third US National Climate Assessment, said special advisor John Podesta. The assessment ‘will be the most authoritative and comprehensive source of scientific information ever produced about how climate change is going to impact all regions of the United States and key sectors of the national economy,’ Podesta said Monday during a daily White House press briefing.”

--White House schedule: At 2:45 p.m. in the Rose Garden, “he President will participate in ‘Weather from the White House’ by conducting a round of interviews with national and local meteorologists from New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and Columbia, South Carolina. While in Washington, the anchors will spend the day with behind-the-scenes access to the White House and the President’s top advisers. These interviews are embargoed until 5:00PM.”

DRIVING TONIGHT: RAND (tea party) v. ROMNEY (establishment) in N.C. PRIMARY – Polls close 7:30 p.m. -- Charlotte Observer’s Jim Morrill: “National politics took the stage Monday in North Carolina’s Republican U.S. Senate primary [to take on Sen. Kay Hagan], a race that offers the year’s first real test of clout between the GOP establishment and grass-roots insurgents. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul … headlined a Charlotte rally [at the NASCAR Hall of Fame!] for Republican Greg Brannon. And former presidential nominee Mitt Romney became the latest establishment figure to back Brannon’s rival, Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis. …

“A poll released Monday by Public Policy Polling … found Tillis at 40 percent, Brannon at 28 percent ... [putting] Tillis … on the cusp of winning outright with 40 percent of the vote. If no one hits that number, the race heads to a … July 15 runoff. … Outside groups have spent nearly $8 million … Much of that money has been spent on Tillis’ behalf by groups such as the U.S. Chamber and American Crossroads.” http://goo.gl/zIqm6b

USA TODAY BANNER, “Holder: No bank is ‘too big to jail,’” by Kevin Johnson and Kevin McCoy: “Foreshadowing possible criminal charges against banking giants Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas, Attorney General Eric Holder warned Monday, ‘There is no such thing as too big to jail.’ ‘Some have used that phrase to describe the theory that certain financial institutions … should be considered immune from prosecution due to their sheer size and their influence on the economy,’ Holder said during a video message on the Justice Department website. ‘That view is mistaken … No individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law.’” http://goo.gl/gsYb7gVideo http://goo.gl/E8wLrB

** A Message About BP's Fight to End Abuse of the Gulf Settlement: This past Sunday, CBS’ “60 Minutes” ran a segment highlighting BP’s fight against abuse of the Gulf settlement. Their investigation illustrated the serious problems we’ve been shining a light on for months – hundreds of millions of dollars awarded to claimants whose alleged injuries had nothing to do with the spill. Watch the story: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/over-a-barrel-90 **

OBAMA ALUMNI NEWS: “Jesse Lehrich, the better bballer of the two Lehrich brothers (Matt, his brother, is Assistant White House Press Secretary) and former Assistant Press Secretary for Organizing for Action has been hired at Press Secretary for American Bridge - the David Brock founded, Brad Woodhouse run Democratic Super Pac. Jesse arrives at American Bridge fresh from the Windy City this week where he'll be working with another Obama and Terry McCauliffe alum Gwen Rocco, AB's Communications Director.”

2014 – “Sen. Serious (D-Minn.) lightens up,” by James Hohmann in Minneapolis: “Five years into the job, Al Franken this weekend finally performed what most freshman senators regard as a rite of passage in Washington — going on a big Sunday news show. Friends say he’s been more improvisational and less reluctant to talk about his past life, even publicizing a recent Los Angeles fundraiser with fellow [SNL] alum Amy Poehler. … In an interview … Franken wouldn’t rule out sitting down with Stephen Colbert if he’s reelected.” http://goo.gl/SZIBQ

2016 -- “Hillary Clinton to star at Marjorie Margolies event,” by Maggie Haberman: “Hillary Clinton will be the star attraction at a May 15 fundraiser for her daughter’s mother-in-law, Marjorie Margolies, who’s trying to recapture her old Pennsylvania congressional seat … It represents the first political activity Clinton…has engaged in this year. The event is being hosted by Lynn Forester de Rothschild, and the host committee is stacked with other supporters of Clinton, such as Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Jill Iscol … It will be held at de Rothschild’s midtown Manhattan home, not in the state where Margolies is campaigning.” http://goo.gl/KlcNVS

--“Dow Jones Companies Invest in Clinton -- With One Holdout,” by Bloomberg’s Jonathan Allen and Annie Linskey: “Twenty-nine of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average index companies have given money or in-kind support to projects branded by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, according to a review of Clinton Foundation and U.S. State Department reports. … … The lone holdout: UnitedHealth Group Inc. The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based company’s political action group splits its funds between parties, giving 45 percent to Democrats and 56 percent to Republicans so far in this election cycle.” http://goo.gl/ZAks2i

--NETWORK NEWS … NBC’s Brian Williams: “The outcry around the world to save hundreds of school girls who've been kidnapped by terrorists [in Nigeria]. And now there's been a chilling new threat from the man who has them.” …ABC’s Diane Sawyer: “Urgent search: Nearly 300 school girls kidnapped by a man called the new face of evil. The chilling smile as he says he'll sell them. Frantic mothers, the global outrage.” …CBS’ Scott Pelley: “A Supreme Court decision on prayer: The justices rule on whether government meetings can started with an invocation.”

… CNN’s Anderson Cooper: “The lost girls of Nigeria: In a chilling video, a terrorist leader says he has plans for more than 200 girls kidnapped from their school at gunpoint. He plans to sell them.” …Fox’s Bret Baier: “House Republicans call it their best shot at getting answers on Benghazi. Democrats laugh it off as election year politics.” …PBS’ Gwen Ifill: “Protestors in Nigeria raise their voices in outrage today over the fate of more than 200 girls abducted from their school three weeks ago.”

“REMEMBERING … BOB KEMPER,” by Washington Examiner’s Jennifer Peebles: “An Examiner assistant managing editor and a former Washington and White House correspondent for two major national newspapers, Kemper died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 53. … Kemper reported on Washington and the White House for both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Chicago Tribune. … When he changed papers and jobs in 2004, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank dedicated a ‘White House Notebook’ installment to Kemper, … calling him ‘the man who did for the White House pool report what Ernie Pyle did for war journalism and Walter Cronkite did for network news. With the departure of Kemper ... the nation has lost its foremost chronicler of White House tedium.’ … [E]xcessive security measures were a constant theme in Kemper's [pool] prose. …

“Asked by USA Today in 2001 to name the best part about regular visits to Crawford, … Kemper replied, ‘all the free sweat.’ Kemper joined the Examiner … as an assistant managing editor in September 2010, overseeing its national and Virginia political coverage. … A newsman who knew the purpose of pneumatic tubes and copy spikes in newsrooms of old, Kemper … suffered a major heart attack in the Examiner newsroom on Feb. 3 … [I]n recent weeks, friends and colleagues thought he was making a strong recovery, undergoing cardiac rehab, exercising and spending time with his family. Just a couple of weeks before his passing, he told colleagues he hoped his doctors would soon give him a timetable for returning to work. …

“He first made his name in Richmond, … where he covered the state capitol for the Newport News Daily Press before moving to Washington to cover the Pentagon and Congress. A Kensington, Md., resident, he was a devoted father to his three children, sons Ryan and Jack and daughter Grace. … Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Saint Bartholomew Church, 6900 River Road, Bethesda. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. the following day. Interment will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring.” http://goo.gl/nzldjJ

--George Condon @georgecondon: “So sorry to hear of Bob Kemper's death on night of WHCD, an event he loved. A smart man with wicked sense of humor who made Crawford, TX fun”

--Bill McQuillen (@bmcquillen): “Nothing like a Bob Kemper pool report. ‘Caution: Music may have been playing only in pooler’s head’ / WH Pool Report http://po.st/eum2pw”

--BOB’S POOL REPORT: “Pool Report #1 -- Oct. 25, 2004 -- Crawford to Greeley, Colo.: Was there news? Are you new here? No. No news. Marine 1 arrived at 8:20 a.m. local time. POTUS and FLOTUS were accompanied on the helicopter by Rudy Giuliani and his wife. As the foursome approached the pool this fateful morning, your pooler grabbed the arm of AP and shouted, ‘Thank God Scott’s going to be our briefer on this!!’ The usual assortment of top Bush aides was already aboard AF1. … POTUS, FLOTUS and guests did the arrival dance: Salute, wave, walk, cha, cha, cha. Pause, wave, climb steps, cha, cha, cha. Big Finish here! Turn, pause, wave, cha, cha, cha. (Caution: Music may have been playing only in pooler’s head.)

“Rudy Giuliani and his wife (The former Judith Nathan informs the pool that she now goes by Mrs. Giuliani) visited the pool briefly. He’s thrilled to be here with POTUS. He described the introduction he was going to give as the same speech he gave at the Republican convention only much shorter. … Scotty gaggled. The NYTimes story on the weapons cache dominated. He laid out a tic-toc that suggests the U.S. was not in charge of the weapons depot when the stuff disappeared or it was busy with other priorities. Transcript is on its way. Scotty said the speech would be new and contain new language. (Your pool reports, you decide.)

“Flight and helo trip uneventful (thus explaining how your pooler was still alive and able to file this report.) The helos, out of habit, landed in a ballpark a stone’s throw from the event site. There was more waving. Cha, cha, cha. Bob Kemper, Atlanta Journal Constitution.”

WASHINGTON, INC.: “The Airline Pilots Association, International … is launching a seven-figure advertising campaign this week that calls on Transportation Secretary Foxx to deny the permit application of a … foreign airline to fly in and out of the U.S. … ALPA's ad campaign is entitled ‘DENY NAI’ and includes significant buys on a number of different mediums inside the Beltway and in targeted states and congressional districts.”

MEDIAWATCH – Buffalo News, “Gregory, ‘Meet the Press’ doing well in Russert country,” by TV Critic Alan Pergament: “Channel 2’s ratings for ‘Meet the Press’ … weren’t much different under Gregory during the February 2014 sweeps than they were during the last sweeps period [for] Russert … The primary change in morning viewership here concerns the increasing popularity of [CBS] ‘Sunday Morning.’ … double what ‘MTP’averages … The [‘Meet’] discussion [Sunday] turned to President Obama’s answer to question at a town hall meeting about his biggest regret. The president said it was not spending enough time with his mother, who was a year older than he is now when she died. … Rich Lowry … remarked that he planned to call his mother as soon as the show ended.

“And soon it was Gregory’s turn to reveal something about himself. ‘I remember in a synagogue growing up and hearing about the importance of making a point to your loved ones, to your friends of saying “I love you,”’ said Gregory. ‘We’re so grateful to be in this moment. We should rejoice in it and tell somebody how much we love them. So I love all of you.’ The panel laughed at the end of his story. My inner cynic thought Gregory’s reveal was the first sign of a consultant’s advice. It was a little hokey. But it also was humanizing. And that’s the area that Gregory needs to improve.” http://goo.gl/adk1J7

SPORTS BLINK -- “Oregon State fires Craig Robinson,” by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman: “Robinson, the brother-in-law of President Barack Obama, had three years remaining on his contract. He was 94-105 in six seasons in Corvallis, making him the fourth-winningest coach in school history. The Beavers, however, failed to make the NCAA tournament or even the NIT in his tenure. … Robinson will receive a buyout of $4 million -- or 10 times Obama's salary of $400,000.” http://goo.gl/eR3uJ0

BIRTHDAYS: Lincoln Rose Pierce Smith, daughter of Jamie Smith and ‎Eric Pierce, is 1! She celebrated with a big party this weekend and much cake on her face -- and avocados last night, as seen in this pic. http://goo.gl/gIlBEC … Woodfen McLean, son of Kiki and Joe McLean, celebrates his 12th birthday with a surprise steak breakfast, and will finish the day with cast mates and crew at the dress rehearsal of the Alice Deal Middle School production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Yep, he’s a lollipop guild munchkin. … Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) is 80 … Tony Blair is 61 … Willie Mays is 83 … Bob Seger is 69 … George Clooney is 53 … Sasheer Zamata (“Saturday Night Live”) is 28 (h/ts AP)

** A Message About BP's Fight to End Abuse of the Gulf Settlement: Over the past several months, we’ve been sharing our concerns over the mounting problems with the administration of the Gulf settlement.

Now, CBS’ 60 Minutes has completed their own investigation. And in a segment aired this past Sunday, they reported on the core problem – hundreds of millions of dollars awarded to claimants whose alleged injuries had nothing to do with the spill. Watch the 60 Minutes report and draw your own conclusion: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/over-a-barrel-90 **